HB 4016, as introduced, would have modified sources of revenue for the Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Fund by

Requiring a $2 million transfer from the Treasurer’s Unclaimed Property Trust Fund to the financing fund

Requiring attorneys to pay additional fees to the state bar

Requiring plaintiffs to pay additional fees when a civil action is filed of $10 or $20 in civil actions

A committee substitute addressed the McComish cases prohibition on matching/rescue funds in public financing systems by striking them from the West Virginia system. It also extended the program into the 2016 state supreme court election

The bill, as amended, was approved and forwarded to the House Finance Committee.